''Wolflight'' is the 23rd studio album by musician

Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis ...

. The album debuted at no. 31 in the UK album chart.

Track listing

All tracks by

, with additional writers noted.

CD edition

#"Out of the Body" #"Wolflight" (Jo Hackett) #"Love Song to a Vampire" #"The Wheel's Turning" (J. Hackett, Roger King) #"Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King) #"Earthshine" #"Loving Sea" (J. Hackett) #"Black Thunder" (J. Hackett) #"Dust and Dreams" (King) #"Heart Song"

Vinyl edition

The vinyl edition also included a 12-track CD of the album ("Pneuma", "Midnight Sun" and "Caress" are absent from the CD version). Side 1 #"Out of the Body" #"Wolflight" (Jo Hackett) #"Love Song to a Vampire" Side 2 #"The Wheel's Turning" (Jo Hackett, Roger King) #"Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King) #"Earthshine" #"Loving Sea" (J. Hackett) Side 3 #"Black Thunder" (J. Hackett) #"Dust and Dreams" (Roger King) #"Heart Song" Side 4 #"Pneuma" #"Midnight Sun" #"Caress"

CD/Blu-ray edition

This edition of the album contains a Blu-ray disk with a 5.1 surround sound version of the album. "Caress" is missing from both the CD and Blu-ray on this edition. #"Out of the Body" #"Wolflight" (J. Hackett) #"Love Song to a Vampire" #"The Wheel's Turning" (J. Hackett, Roger King) #"Corycian Fire" (J. Hackett, King) #"Earthshine" #"Loving Sea" (J. Hackett) #"Black Thunder" (J. Hackett) #"Dust and Dreams" (King) #"Heart Song" #"Pneuma" #"Midnight Sun"

Personnel

*Steve Hackett – electric and acoustic guitars (all tracks),

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(7), harmonica (4, 8), percussion (1, 4, 7), lead,

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and backing vocals (2–5, 7, 8, 10) *Roger King – keyboards (all tracks), programming (all tracks) *

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– bass (all tracks except 3),

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– bass (3) *Gary O'Toole – drums (1–5, 8) * Hugo Degenhardt – drums (9, 10) *Rob Townsend – saxophone (4, 8),

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(5) *Christine Townsend – violin (1–4, 8), viola (1–4, 8) *Amanda Lehmann – vocals (2–4, 8) *Jo Hackett – vocals (4) *Malik Mansurov –

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(2) *Sara Kovács –

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(2) ;Technical * Produced by Hackett/King * Recorded, mixed and mastered by King * Mansurov & Kovács recorded by Tamas Barabas * Design by Harry Pearce * Photographic artwork by Maurizio and Angéla Vicedomini

Reception

Despite enjoying only moderate chart success internationally, the album was highly rated by www.ultimateclassicrock.com, which included ''Wolflight'' in its shortlist of the Best Classic Albums of 2015 (so far), on 4 July 2015. It said Hackett had used a variety of musical genres and added: "He boldly breaks free of the historical constrictions surrounding the Genesis Revisited projects, even as he recalls the striking instrumental turns that defined his early legacy."

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Steve Hackett albums Century Media Records albums